Metal and wood combined railway-tie.



J.. FENDERSON. METAL AND woon COMBINED BApWAY Tm.

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i JOHN FENDERsoNjaoF owEGo, NEw YORK.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application illed February 1,1, 1907. Serial No. 356,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN vFENnERsON, a citizen of the United '.States,residing at Owego, in the county of Tiogav and State of New York, haveinvented anew and useful Metal and Wood Combined Railway-Tia, of

vwhich this is a specification.

This invention pertains to a new and useful metallic railway tie, andthe object thereof, is tp'rovide a device of this character, which is'simple and ellicient in construction, and easily installed `upon anrailroad.

A further object of the Invention', is to provide an elongated railwaytie, U-shaped 1n cross section, andV rovided with fixed and pivotallymount'e jaws, which, when the ties are properly. placed, will be alternately arrangedv so that the fixed engage opposite sides-of the rail, l

A still further object of the invention is to provide wedge-shapedmembers to coperate with one another, so as to provide a yieldingseat-for .the rails. This seat is to prevent the jaws will rails fromvbeing entirely vsupported by the' ties; this seat, asl shown, isinterchangeable,

as will be readily manifest. j,

With these and other objects in view, which will readily a pear as thenatureof the invention is undbrstood, the invention consists of othercombinations of features and parts, defined by the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a portion of arailway showing the improved railway tie, embodied therein. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a ortion 4of the railway tie upon an enlarged sca e.Fig. 3

- is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, illustrating theWedge-shaped members. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line-4 4 ofv Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is' a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the wedge-shaped lmembersutilized in a different manner.

Referring to the accom anyino'vdrawings, metallic railway.-

1 designates an elongate tie, which is .U-shaped in cross-section; thisU-shaped tie forms longitudinalflanges 2, in

which are formed, recesses ofthe shapes shown in the drawings so as tol'conform rto the-base of the rail, that is, one side of these recessesconforms to thel base of the rail while the opposite side isperpendicular, as `shown at 4.

To securely hold the rails, whenV they are placed in the said recesses,pivoted members 5 are provided, which are pivoted at 6 `to the saidBauges;y the said pivoted members are designed to be bolted as at 7 whenthey are engaging the base of the rail to prevent displacement of therail. j

The free ends of the ivoted members conform to the shape of t e base ofthe rail, as clearly shown in'Fig. 2. In forminga railway having ties ofthis character, the said rigld j aws-.of each alternate tie, aredesigned to enga e opposite sides of the rails; this is accomp ished byturning the ties alternately end for endl as will be readily understoodand shown in Fig. 1. To raise the rails, so as to prevent them fromresting entirely upon the fianges of thev ties, wedge-shaped members 8and 9 vare provided to co-act with one another as clearly shown in Fig.3; thesewedge-` shaped members, when adjusted, in their proper places,are held byspikes 10 and 11 as-also shown in Fig. 3'. The rails, incourse of time, vwill sink into theluppermostwedgeshaped member which isformed of soft material, and toobviate this to a certain extent,

thelower wedge-shaped member is removed,

so asto replace the uppermost member, thus forming anew seatfor therail, as will be clearly manifest. i

From theforegoin it will be readily Observed that a very eicient,durable andinexpensive tie isprovided, which can .be installed upon any'railroad .without inconvemence.

. Having thils described the invention, what is claimed as new anduseful, is

A device of the class vdescribed comprising a metallic railway tiehaving vertical side portions connected ,by a horizontal portion, eachend of saidl tie having a pair of recesses formed in the verticalportion thereof, each air of recesses formin' er endicular shouldersandintegral jaws for engaging the rail, .a

pair of pivoted jaws also mounted on ,the

4vertical Ortions of said tie 'for coperation with sai integral jaws, apair of oppositely dis osed wedge-shaped blocks arranged in eac end ofsaid vtie between said vertical 'portions and immediately beneath therail, thus forming a 'yieldable 'seat for the same, suhstantially'asdescribed. f

Dated the 8th da'y of lFebruary 1907.

Witnesses I T. H. REDDisH, f T. B. OAKLEY,

JOHNEENDERSON. i'

